In Macbeth, the author William Shakespeare uses Macbeth’s decisions to murder and conspire to obtain power to show it is his free- will that determines his fate. Some people believe in a higher power who controls their actions as well as the people around them. For macbeth his higher power is the three witches. Throughout the play, the three witches tell Macbeth prophesies about what they want him to believe is his future. whether or not the prophesies come true is up to Macbeth. by believing in the prophesies Macbeth was taking his fate into his own hands ultimately causing the downfall of his life and Macbeth’s relationships. Shakespeare shows early in the play how Macbeth has the power to overcome his fate. “For brave Macbeth, Disdaining …show more content…
Macbeth aware of the actions he had to take, still made the decision, to accept his fate from the witches and murder King Duncan. He knew exactly what he wanted to do as soon as the witches revealed he was to be king. Macbeth was even fearful that someone would , “ see [his] black and deep desires.” ( I, iv, 58). Macbeth being worried about someone noticing his “black and deep desires,” ( I, iv, 58) just shows how he was thinking on his own and knew the people he had to murder in order to obtain …show more content…
Shakespeare hints at the idea of someone controlling his actions after Macbeth’s wife dies, as if they are pulling the strings into making Macbeth do what they want. By having the witches’ prophesies be riddled, the reader is always confused on who is controlling Macbeth’s puppet strings. If one were to take a moment and look at the prophesies that the witches tell him then it becomes evident that the witches do get into Macbeth’s head, but they are not the ones controlling his every action. In fact, they are not even telling Macbeth is fate. they are simply telling Macbeth what he wants to hear. Macbeth was over ambitious and wanted to hear about how invincible he was. that way he could justified his own actions into a way of being untouchable so he could continue to control Scotland. Shakespeare crosses over between the idea of fate or free- will that lead to his ultimate downfall. Although it is clear fate is a main idea of this play, the true idea is that Macbeth controls his own